TextMate's learning curve is desperately short and flat. After 2 or 3 months I knew everything there was to know. The only dark corners could be found inside la

TextMate's learning curve is desperately short and flat. After 2 or 3 months I knew everything there was to know. The only dark corners could be found inside language-specific bundles which made them rather useless. I've used it non-stop from late 2006 to late 2010 and I can attest that the last three years were extremelly boring. On the other side, 2 or 3 months is the time needed to have a firm grasp on the basics and, after 1 year and half, I still learn new tricks every day. If you want inherent advantages, don't look further than Vim's modes and its language.